Yes, no need to change the subject on TW's research methods.
Research is not the problem here! It's implementation!
I have no doubt Alan did his armor research, but having a list of consulted sources a mile long does not change the fact that 20mm are piercing 50mm of quality, homogenous plate (even when angled!). It's a moot point.
As someone said, you don't just have to look at CMBB (although they have more thoroughly focused on armor than RO, and also have more experience, with several games doing these calculations, and finally, they have an engine made from the get go to simulate this, not a FPS engine-turned-would-be armor simulator) we have the example of WWII armor combat itself, and no where does the historical outcomes match what is currently happening in-game.
I know this much about tje TW guys, since they were the same in the mod: they are slow to admit to inconsistencies in their game.
At first no one acknowledged anything was strange with armor penetration, then they stated there might be a frew "rare instances," and most recently, Alan said in the coming month they will "recheck" teh armor calculation system. So slowly, they are realizing something isn't right.
It's simple logic. You just don't get tons of people coming forward with similar observations and then discount all of them as wrong or just an example of a couple "rare instances." I mean how many will it take for it to stop being considered "rare?" Like the entire community?